Key Insights on Sales

Knowledge workers earn tens of trillions annually - labs are orders of magnitude below this revenue target

• Anthropic's revenue has grown 10x annually: 'zero to 100 million in 2023, 100 million to a billion in 2024, billion to nine or 10 billion in 2025' - Dario
• YouTube's revenue share model (close to 50%) exists due to historical competition, while other social networks give creators effectively 0% outside token creator funds
• Members of Congress can legally engage in insider trading while handmade skateboard sales are prohibited by ethics rules
• Chinese frontier labs (Minimax, ZAI) project end-of-year ARR of $1–$1.2 billion, having roughly doubled revenue month-over-month versus last year.
• Food Play Productions generated $1.5 million revenue at peak with 12 staff and four touring vans before COVID downsizing
• Gotchies underwear brand launched January 2025, hit $40K first year revenue with 17% repurchase rate and $100+ average order value
• Alabama's prison system has killed 1,500 people since filming began, with guards selling contraband phones that inmates use to document systematic violence and murder

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